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LightSquared, once the darling of Sprint, is now a case study in how not to launch a wireless broadband network. After a series of missteps that led to the FCC rejecting its application for wireless service, the company is now on the verge of declaring bankruptcy. According to a Wall Street Journal report, negotiations with…
In an uncharacteristic move, Apple has given in to both consumer and regulatory pressure and renamed the 4G version of the iPad. On Apple’s website and in stores, the iPad with a cellular radio is now called the iPad WiFi + Cellular. Apple’s original name for the tablet device, WiFi + 4G, was allegedly confusing to…
Samsung gets rave reviews about its mobile phone hardware, with one exception — the display. Though the Korean company uses color-rich AMOLED screens, it uses a less desirable PenTile screen instead of the preferred RGB display. People that don’t like the PenTile display claim the screen is not as crisp as an RGB display and…
Samsung may be dominant in its home country of Korea but its influence doesn’t extend to all Asian countries. According to a recent report from MM Research Institute, one in every three smartphones sold in Japan between March 2011 and March 2012 was an Apple iPhone. While Apple grabbed 30 percent of the Japanese smartphone…
Mobile web traffic is skyrocketing and Asia is leading the way with its world-leading number of mobile phones. According to a report in Pingdom, the share of mobile web traffic in Asia has jumped 192.5 percent since 2010 and now accounts for 17.84 percent of total web traffic in the region. Mobile web is also…
Pod2g has some good news for iPad 3 owners waiting for an untethered jailbreak of iOS 5.1. The iOS hacker blows away the tethered jailbreak with a YouTube video showing a jailbroken iPad 3 booting up on its own, without any help from a Mac or iTunes. Before you start salivating at all the Cydia…
Yet another variant of the Droid Razr handset from Motorola is now available from Verizon Wireless. Starting today, Razr fans can grab a blue-trimmed version of the popular Android smartphone from select Verizon stores. The handset features the same internals and the same Android Gingerbread OS as its silver counterpart. An update to Ice Cream…
Flipboard was an exclusive for the Samsung Galaxay S III until the folks at xda-developers got their hands on the phone. In record time, the apk for the app was grabbed from the device and posted to the Internet. It’s now available for you to download and try on your own Android device. You can grab…
Google I/O for Android developers will kick off on June 27 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. If you are not one of the lucky attendees who scored a ticket earlier this year, you can still watch all the presentations from the comfort of your home. To help you follow the conference from afar, Google posted…
Kyocera Communications may not have the brand recognition of Motorola, but the handset maker has been making mobile phones for 12 years. The latest in the company’s product lineup includes the water-resistant Hydro and Qwerty-packing Rise. The Hydro boasts of IPx5- and IPx7-level water resistance and can handle a 30 min plunge into 1M deep…